Guide Through Switzerland and Savoy
Author: George Downes
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Published: 1828
Total Pages: 638
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Author: George Downes
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Published: 1828
Total Pages: 638
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Murray (Firm)
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Published: 1856
Total Pages: 560
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2021-10-27
Total Pages: 578
ISBN-13: 3752520094
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Author: Murray
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Published: 1843
Total Pages: 196
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Published: 1838
Total Pages: 442
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Dormandy
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Published: 2018-08-17
Total Pages: 566
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSavoy and its Alps were for seven centuries an independent state at the centre of Europe, separating France from the patchwork of principalities that made up Italy. Merchants, clerics, pilgrims, diplomats as well as privileged young Englishmen on the Grand Tour, regularly used the Alpine passes. But it was the need of European armies to cross Savoy which made its rulers powerful as the Gatekeepers of the Alps. It allowed the Duchy of Savoy to prosper and survive when all the other great duchies of Burgundy, Milan, Provence and Dauphin' disappeared at the end of the fifteenth century. Savoy successfully resisted the pressure from Protestant Geneva on its doorstep, but was the first country to succumb to the French Revolution. By judiciously switching alliances during the European wars beginning at the end of the seventeenth century, the House of Savoy finally gained a crown. The conspiracy concocted by Napoleon III and Cavour led directly to the unification of Italy and the definitive annexation of Savoy to France in 1860. Simultaneously, the Alps that had been the source of Savoy's power, now became the source of its prosperity as a centre of tourism.
Author: John Murray (Firm)
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Published: 1838
Total Pages: 442
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 270
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Published: 1836
Total Pages: 770
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Published: 1851
Total Pages: 510
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